Jessica is a Scottish artist/illustrator currently based in London. Jessica has a background in Fashion Design, studying at Grays School of Art in Aberdeen. Brightly coloured, chalk pastel and charcoal drawings of both the nude and fashioned figure are the main focus of Jessica’s work. Bird’s confident emphasis on line gives her work a unique rawness which has captured the attention of clients including Vivienne Westwood, Delpozo, Monica Vinader, E.Tautz and WeTransfer.
Jessica worked in the fashion industry before becoming a full-time artist in 2018. Her work focuses on the moving body — capturing its brief moments of stillness through spontaneous, improvised strokes guided by her medium, the environment of her subjects and colour. Working with highly pigmented paint, brightly coloured chalk pastel and willow charcoal, she has developed a large body of original work alongside her illustration clients, including the 2025 Fig charcoal drawing series, the Porto mixed media works and the holiday-inspired series.
